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HANDLE BAR FOR CYCLES.

(Application filed Dec. 29, 1897.)

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(Application filed Dec. 29, 1897.)

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HANDLE BAR FOR CYCLES.

(Application filed Dec. 29, 1897.) (No Model.)

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(Application filed Dec. 29, 1897.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN \VILLIAM DEANS, OF SELBY, ENGLAND.

HANDLE-BAR FOR CYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 617,565, dated January 10, 1899.

Application filed December 29,1897. Serial No. 664,877. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN WILLI M DEANS, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Gowthorpe road, Selby, in the county of York, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handle-Bars for Cycles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide means for adjusting the handle-bars of cycles at varying angles with the steering-post, so as to bring them into a more convenient position for the rider, and to provide a cushioning device for absorbing the jar of the cycle, so that the same does not pass to the hands of the rider as the handle-bar is grasped in riding.

To this end the invention consists of a handle-bar for cycles, comprising a grip-bar provided with a projecting lugandpivotally connected to the steering-post of the cycle, and a cushioning device pivoted at one end to said lug and at the other end pivot-ally connected with the steering-post, 'and,'further, in certain details of construction and combinations of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of the handle-bars of a cycle, showing the means of adjusting the same and of preventing or reducing vibration according to the present invention. Fig. 2 is a view looking in the direction of the arrow 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view1,'. 6., looking in the direction of the arrow 3, Fig. 1. e

a a are the grip-bars, of the ordinary or any suitable curved form, which are brazed or otherwise suitably and rigidly fixed to the socket b, which latter is provided with three downwardly-projecting lugs h 1) b 0 is the block or head end of the head or steering post d, said block being provided with two upwardly-extending lugs c and 0 which latter fit between the lugs 12 b b and are there hinged or pivoted by means of the hinge pin or bolt e.

f is a lug or crank-like arm extending rigidly from the said socket b and pivoted to the forked upper ends g g of the vertical rod or connection g. This rod 9 is provided with notches or holes g down one side thereof,

into which enters the end h of the set-screw or locking device, this latter being provided with the arms h, by which said screw It can be firmly screwed against or into the said rod g.

i is a collar or mount clipped, brazed, or otherwise rigidly secured to the head-post d and having the forked arms or. lugst" t" rigidly extending therefrom. In these forked arms or lugs 71'2" is pivoted the socket j (see Fig. 2)by means of trunnionsj on said socket, so that the latter can pivot or turn on the axis j. This socket j has a flange j at the lower end. This socket j at its upper end is provided with a flange or disk It to support the cushion as. Z is a similar disk carried or formed on the socket m, the latter being provided with an extension m, through which the setscrew 72. works. This disk Zhas a downwardlyextending sleeve Z thereon, which passes through the cushionw and right down through the socketj and is secured in position by the lock-nut Z (or lock-nuts,) a washer Z of soft material, being inserted between the nut Z and the flange f to prevent rattle.

a: is the india-rubber or other suitable elastic pad or cushion between the disks land or a coiled spring may be used in the place of the rubber cushion.

Thus it will readily be seen that vertical adjustment of the handles a can be obtained by unscrewing the screw 7?, by means of the arms h, (or equivalent,) so that the rod g is released from the screw h, and thereupon the handle 2' can be raised or lowered to any desired extent within the limits of the mechanism-i. a, from about the lowermost position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 to the uppermost position indicated in 'dotted lines in such figure-and when the desired adjustment has been obtained thereupon the screw his tightly screwed again into engagement with the rod g, and thus the handles are firmly fixed in position. The elastic pad or cushion at being interposed between the disks 7t and Z and the lower end of the rod g-t'. 2., that part of the rod 9 which is below the point where the screw it nips or engages said rodpassing freely through the disk Z, cushion 0:, disk It, and socket j, thus vibration on the handles is very greatly reduced by the interposition of this cushion or.

It will be obvious that any suitable equivalent mechanism or means may be used instead of the set-screw h for attaching and releasing the rod g to or from the disk Z. For instance, the rod 9 may be screw-threaded and a revolving collar or nut carried on the disk Z, screwed on said rod, and thereby raise or lower the latter, or I may use the modified arrangement shown in Figs. 4 to 6, Fig. 4 being a local View in elevation, Fig. 5 a vertical sectional view, and Fig. 6 a cross-sectional view on line 6 6, Fig. 4, of such modified arrangement. In this case the rod 9 is provided with a series of notches g with which an enlargement 0 on a horizontal springmounted rod 19 is adapted to engage. This rod 19 is adapted to slide in bearings or supports 13, fixed on the disk l, a spring 7 being arranged between one of the bearings 19 and the enlargement 0 in such wise as to normally keep said enlargement pressed into engagement with one of the notches 9 as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6. By pressing endwise on the knob f on said rod p thereby the enlargement 0 is moved clear of the rod 1 and notches thereon, and consequently such rod can now be raised or lowered to the desired extent, and then said locking-piece 0 on the rod 13 will be moved back into engage ment with one of the notches 9 and consequently such rod will now be again firmly locked and held in the desired position.

Vhat I claim is 1. A handle-bar for cycles, consisting of a suitable grip-bar, means for pivoting said grip-bar to the steering-post of the cycle, a collar on said steering-post, lugs extending from said collar, a lug extending from said grip-bar, a flanged socket pivoted to said 001- lar-lugs, a flanged sleeve in said socket, a connecting-bar pivoted to said grip-bar lug and movable in said sleeve, means for secur ing said sleeve to said connecting-bar, and a cushion arranged between the flanges of the socket and sleeve, substantially as set forth.

2. A handle-bar for cycles, consisting of a pivoted grip-bar, a support attached to the bicycle steering-post, a flanged sleeve movable in said support, a notched connectingbar movable in said sleeve, means for connecting said connecting-bar with the grip-bar, a spring-actuated rod supported by the flange of said sleeve and adapted to engage the notches of the connecting-bar, and a cushion between said support and the flange of said sleeve, substantially as set forth.

.TOI'IN \VILLIAM DEANS.

\Vitnesses:

WILLIAM DUNN Fos'rnn, ARTHUR FRANK SHAY. 

